Psalm 45:11-16
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11 and the king will desire your beauty.
Since he is your lord, bow to him;(A)
12 Daughter Tyre will seek your favor with gifts,
the richest of the people(B) 13 with all kinds of wealth.
The princess is decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes;[a](C)
14 in many-colored robes she is led to the king;
behind her the virgins, her companions, follow.(D)
15 With joy and gladness they are led along
as they enter the palace of the king.
16 In the place of ancestors you, O king,[b] shall have sons;
you will make them princes in all the earth.(E)
Song of Songs 2:8-13
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Springtime Rhapsody
8 The voice of my beloved!
Look, he comes,
leaping upon the mountains,
bounding over the hills.(A)
9 My beloved is like a gazelle
or a young stag.
Look, there he stands
behind our wall,
gazing in at the windows,
looking through the lattice.(B)
10 My beloved speaks and says to me:
“Arise, my love, my fair one,
and come away,(C)
11 for now the winter is past,
the rain is over and gone.
12 The flowers appear on the earth;
the time of singing has come,
and the voice of the turtledove
is heard in our land.(D)
13 The fig tree puts forth its figs,
and the vines are in blossom;
they give forth fragrance.
Arise, my love, my fair one,
and come away.(E)
Zechariah 9:9-11
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The Coming Ruler of God’s People
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you;
triumphant and victorious is he,
humble and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.(A)
10 He[a] will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
and he shall command peace to the nations;
his dominion shall be from sea to sea
and from the River to the ends of the earth.(B)
11 As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you,
I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.(C)
Footnotes
- 9.10 Gk: Heb I
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